Once again, it's this time of the year when I tell you about my recent activities, and give you a list of upcoming shows, so here they are.

Urban Trekking Boston is now finished and I'm working on getting the site known. In the meantime, to my utterly surprise, I'll lead tours for Boston Acceuil, an organization of French expatriates. I didn't plan to be an actual guide, but why not?! The 1st trek will look at urban renewal in the 1950's, and we'll see if I deliver! My next goal however, is to create Urban Trekking NYC starting sometimes this Fall or next year.

No new prints this winter but new photos, new fotoprints and, in progress, a bilingual book about an island in New Brunswick where I go regularly.

Also new, in A Singular Domain, dialogues called "World Noises" where Hawk and Goose comment on news from the BBC. These dialogues alternate with the other ones.

Last but not least, I did many more shows than I expected this winter, starting with Farmers' Markets in Cambridge and Natick, a mini-show at Medford City Hall, and a group show at Till Wave gallery in Watertown. I also planned shows for 2017 and 2018, and was on TV again, this time at Quincy Community TV.

All in all, a quite busy time, but it's just the beginning of all I want to do!

Shows(follow the links for directions, list of artists, animations, and more)

Friday, Sept 23rd to Saturday, Nov 26th, Boston, MA: "All Things Animals" group show at the Boston Children's Museum. The opening will be on Oct 21st, 6-8pm, and you're all invited. Sunday, Oct 2nd & Sunday, Oct 30th, Boston, MA: I'll be at SOWA/Ink block art and crafts market from 10am to 4pm. It's in the South End, at 375 Harrison Ave (next to the Whole Food store)

Sat, Nov 19th, & Sun, Now 20th, Somerville, MA: it's Brickbottom Open Studios from noon to 6pm, and I'll be in the same studio as last year -but I don't remember its #, at 1 Fitchburg Street (there will be a directory at the entrance)

In April 2016, David Harris and I planned to do a show together at its place one Sunday afternoon in December (perhaps the 11th) and you'll get an invitation if it's still the case. It will be in West Medford, 151 Sharon Street

February 2017, Quincy, MA: I'll have a show at the Thomas Crane Public Library, 40 Washington Street

April 2017, Andover, MA: I'll have a show at the Memorial Hall Library, 2 North Main Street

Hello all,About 35 years ago, I got the means to enter an Art School after dreaming about it for a while, and even though I never finished the curriculum, I started to show and sell my work soon afterward (etchings and acrylic on canvas at that time) My next dream was to spend all my time doing that, and it took me a while, but I am finally there, partly thanks to you and your support :)

One of my first tasks was to publish Urban Trekking Boston, and if you like to walk and explore cities off the beaten track, that's where you should go to know what you can do in Boston (more details below). I plan to do the same for other cities and I put money aside for that purpose.

This money is coming in part from contributions visitors can make to show their appreciation for the free content they get when they visit my sites. They can become a sponsor and get their money back in artworks, buy me a coffee, explore ads that triggers their curiosity, or follow my recommendations to order things on Amazon.

Some of these options are fairly simple and do not require any donation. If each of the 2500 visitors a month I have on average was doing one thing only, I would be fine. It's not the case, however, but if you want to give them a hand, you'll make my day!

Otherwise, I'm happy to say that two of my woodcuts will be in "All Things Animals", a group show at the Boston Children Museum, and that I went live on BNN TV a few days ago (no links yet for these two events, though).

The list of my upcoming shows is on the right. I redid the way I present my work, and I'm curious to see if it will be a success during open-air markets where I've never sold a lot (I tried to figure out why, and I think I found it).

On Urban Trekking Boston, you'll find 2 to 3 miles treks exploring different parts of the city, with description and photos of what you can see or visit. There are 9 treks right now, from the West End to Cambridge to the Dorchester Shores, and about 8 more to come (one every 3 weeks, more or less).

On A Singular Domain, you'll read what animals and plants have to say about life. There are 16 dialogues at this time, exploring fate, bad days, the story of Eve and the snake, and so on. More will come on a regular basis.

On Woodcuts and Linocuts of the World, you'll find works by 42 printmakers from 20 different countries, with links to their sites. You'll perhaps see how sometimes location has an impact on style, and that was one of the question at the beginning of the site. As more printmakers send me their work, the site will grow.

On A singular Domain, I links to a Library (with books of various genres)

On Woodcuts..., I link to Frames (you can order them for your unframed prints and photos)

On Lecomtedominique.com, I link to books and materials related to Printmaking.

If you follow any of these links, and even end up buying something else, Amazon will give me 4.5% of the amount you spent as a way to thank me for my referrals. It's an easy way to support my sites if you are willing to add a few clicks when shopping online.

Sat, May 14th, & Sun, May 15th, it'sCambridge Open Studiosand I'll be at Cadbury Commons, 66 Sherman St., from noon to 6 pm.

Sunday, May 22nd, CANCELLED I'll be at SOWA Art Market in the Boston South End from 10am to 4pm. There are now two competing SOWA in the South End, each one claiming to be the best and trendiest. This one is at the original location, in the parking lot at 450 Harrison Ave/365 Albany St.

Sunday, June 5th, I'll be at Beacon Hill Art Walk in Boston from noon to 6pm, in a little private alley called Bellingham Place

Sunday, June 12th: I'll be again at SOWA Art Market from 10am to 4pm, in the parking lot at 450 Harrison Ave / 365 Albany St..

Saturday, June 18th, I'll be atArts Fest Beverly, on the North Shore, from 10am to 4 pm. It's in downtown Beverly, and I'll be somewhere on Cabot Street.

Sunday, June 19th, I'll be at SOWA Art Market in the Boston South End from 10am to 4pm, the original location in the parking lot at 450 Harrison Ave/365 Albany St. .

Saturday, June 25th, July 2nd and 9th, August 6th, 13th, 20th, I'll be at the Grand Manan Farmers Market from 10am to 12:30pm, in North Head, NB, Canada.

Sunday, August 28th, I'll be at SOWA/Ink block location from 10am to 4pm. It's also in the Boston South End, but this time at 375 Harrison Ave (next to the Whole Food store)

For $100 to $140 depending on the distance from my home to yours, I'll come to your place on a sunny day, take photos, then create e-artworks tailored-made to your tastes and ideas. You'll then be able to print and mat them yourself (or I'll do it for you if you want).

To see pictures of what I already did, and find more details about prices, follow the link here

is still a place where animals and plants talk about their life in a series of dialogues someone on Google + (where I share my posts) found "funny and insightful".

I redid this site completely, and I'm slowly rewriting all the dialogues. They now answer more general yet still philosophical questions, the idea being to generate more traffic, and increase my ads revenues.

I also added a "library" page where each character of the story reveals the literary genre they favor, and suggests some books to read.

Most of the books are books I like, but some are just books I had fun to recommend, based on what I read about them and the genre I had in mind for each character.

is now the title of the defunct "Images of the world" site. I dropped the idea of mixing prints and photos, and I managed to attract more printmakers. We now are about 30, but it's just a start, with two images each.

If you go there, it will give you an idea of what other people are doing with relief printing techniques, and I have to admit they all have much more detailed prints than mine, using techniques I admire, like reduction. You 'll find a link to their site if you want to know more about them.

What I also added on this site is a "Frames" page where you can go and buy frames that would fit the matted prints and photos I sell. I think these frames are good, but it's up to you, of course!

Sundays, Sept 20th & Oct 18th, Boston, MA: I'll be in the South End for the Open Market @ SOWA, 460 Harrison Ave, from 10 am to 4 pm

Saturday, Sept 26th (or rain date: Sun, Sept 27th), Medford, MA: I'll be at the Mystic River Celebration from noon to 4pm, near the shell along the Mystic River Parkway.

Saturday, Oct 17th, Arlington, MA: For one day only as I had already registered for SOWA on the 18th, I'll be at Arlington Open Studios, in the gym this time, Arlington Center for the Arts, 41 Foster St, from noon to 5 pm.

Sunday, Oct 25th, Salem, MA: I'll be in Derby square from 11am to 6pm for Salem Open market

Saturday & Sunday, Nov 14th & 15th, Allston, MA: I'll be at the Allston Open Studios, 119 Braintree Street, at the entrance of the 3rd floor, from noon to 6 pm.

Saturday & Sunday, Nov 14th & 15th, Somerville, MA: Yes, the same week-end, I'll be represented at 6 Peters Street in Cambridge for a group sale show to benefit the Young People's Project, organized by a group of 6 kind women called "The 6 of us"!

Wed, Jan 6th to Wed, April 6th, 2016, Boston, MA: I'll be in a group show at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

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Infos

Hello all,

I am still looking for new places to show, and waiting for answers to my applications, so my list of exhibitions for this fall is not complete yet, but I'll post everything here as soon as I have answers.

Otherwise, I wrote below updates on each of the new ventures I put in place this year in order to generate more income. They are all works in progress right now, but if you want to help me make them a success, you can go and see the sites I talk about, comment on my stories, register on forums, and generally speaking, be involved in one way or another.

I let you decide if that's what you want to do, and in any case, I am looking forward to see you this fall,

"Your house is your artwork"For $100 to $140 depending on the distance from my home to yours, I'll come to your place on a sunny day, take pictures inside and outside, then create 6 photomontages or fotoprints for you. If you live far away, you'll send me your pictures instead.

I'll then send you all the pictures I took (about 60, except if you sent me yours, of course), and the 6 creations I made. They will be yours to use as you want, and they'll be artwork tailored-made to your tastes and ideas.

If you want me to print them and frame them for you, I'll apply my regular prices.

To see pictures of what I already did, and find more details about prices, follow the link here

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Grand Manan edition prints

They are not new prints, but special editions of prints I had already done before.

Most of them will stay on the island as I sell them during the summer and through a gallery that represents me there, but I'll bring some back with me.

They are hand colored with pencils, like the new prints I did this winter, and you could buy them as gifts for your friends if you do not want them for you :)

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Stories

I regularly add dialogues, photos, quotes and characters to the story A singular Domain (or, in French, Les Espaces Discrets), and I reorganized the sites to better define my goals (give voice to animals and plants, and learn something from what they have to say)

I also added a forum where you can ask existential questions to any of the animals of the story (my main field of study was philosophy, and I always liked the topic, so the dialogues are also a way to reflect about life), and I will create dialogues based on your ideas and autographed to your name if you become a patron (see below for details) and choose the $10/month option.

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Crowdfunding

One of the best way to get my work at special price, and be rewarded on top of it, is to join the 12 patrons that already fund my work (plus a one time donor that did not want to commit monthly)

Starting at $2/month, all the money you give me is pooled toward future orders that I'll mail or bring to you.

It means you do not give me money, you lend me some in exchange for future pieces that you will choose on my site. It also means I get a regular income that I will use to advertize my sites and get more visitors (and potential customers). For more details, you can go to my crowdfunding site in Europe (in French and in euros), or the one in the USA (in English and in dollars).

has now some printmakers on it, but no photographers yet. I plan to advertise the site more this fall, but if you are a printmaker or photographer with a blog or a webiste where visitors can go and see the rest of your work, please upload two of your images there. The more we are, the better it is.

As a reminder, this site wants to be a showcase of prints and photos on sale from all over the world, with links to individual sites and emails to contact the artists. No text, images only, as most of the time, on Facebook for example, images get lost in the comments.

Of course, you are welcome to tell your friends about this site, if it could interest them.

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Awards

I forgot to tell you last time, and nearly forgot this time too, but I won some awards lately: one at Beacon Hill Art Walk in Boston and in June (2nd place, printmaking), one at River's Edge Art Show in Medford and in September (1st place, photography) The best part? One was a cash prize: honor and money, how can you beat that?

Saturday & Sunday, May 16 & 17, Medford, MA: I'll start the show season by staying in Medford for the West Medford Open Studios, and I'll be as usual with, and at, David's home, 151 Sharon St, from noon to 5pm both days.

TBD: Saturdays, May 30th and June 13, Boston, MA: I asked to be included in the Greenway Open Market, but I'm still waiting for the answer.

Sundays, May 31th, June 14, August 30th, Boston, MA: I'll be at the Artists Market from 3pm to 6pm, in the Charles River Bistro next to the Hatch Shell, on the Charles River Esplanade

Sunday, June 7, Boston, MA: I’ll be back at the Beacon Hill Art walk from noon to 6pm, somewhere in the nooks & crannies of Beacon Hill’s North Slope. A map is provided the day of the event, or available on their site a few days before.

Saturday, June 20, Beverly, MA: I'll be at the Beverly Art Fest from 10 am to 4 pm in downtown Beverly.

Sunday, June 21st, North Andover, MA: I’ll be at the Museum of Printing Print Fair from 11 am to 4 pm, 800 Mass Ave, North Andover, and it is always a pleasure to show there and be able to have a look at the Museum.

Saturdays in July & August, Grand Manan Island, NB, Canada: Most of the Saturdays during these months, I'll be at the farmers' market in North Head from about 10 am to 1pm.

More shows in Fall. I’ll send you another newsletter in September, and the info will also be posted on this site

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Hello all,

I have done a lot of work these past four months, yet it mainly concerns websites and the organization of their content, so I'll have just a few new artworks to show this time, but here is the rest:

I am now on two crowdfunding sites, one in Europe, one in the USA, and my goal is to get enough monthly support to be able to launch an ad campaign to get more visibility for my sites (1st step), then have more time to create (2nd step). So, and that's my main message this time, would you consider funding me because you like what I do, you like the idea of supporting creation, and you know you'll get your money back in the form of my artworks once you have a big enough pool of money to order something? I don't want to write all the details here, but if you go to my page on Patreon.com (in English, in $) or my page on Tipeee.com (in French, in euros), you'll find them. It would make a big difference for me if I could have your support that way, and it can start at $1/month (and you stop when you want)

I created two sites with a new dreamy-philosophical story (one in French, one in English) consisting of dialogues between animals and plants (see below)

I redid my main site to incorporate the possibility of buying directly from it, and I put ads on the most popular non-sale-related pages.

It means that with the shows I will do starting in May -dates are on the right, it should, at term, make me more secure financially. At least that's the plan if I can implement the strategy explained in the crowdfunding sites, with a little bit of your help.

Looking forward to your answer,

Dominique

New prints

This time, the new prints are all related to the Grand Manan Island (New Brunswick, Canada) where I'll show this summer. Yet, as they are boats from the East coast, they should fit around Boston too!

I used pencils to color them, after seeing Matisse's cutouts at the Moma this winter, and the connection is perhaps not obvious, but there is one, I assure you, at least in my mind!

You can see all of these new prints -and last year's, and most of my work if you browse the pages, here

or, in French, Les Espaces Discret, is a story that takes place along three lakes in the Medford area.

I started to go there for walks, saw some animals, took photos, played with them using new apps, and when I came up with this image, it had a dreamy quality I liked. The calm and wise heron pushed me to write dialogues he could have had with other animals and Stick, a character always asking questions about existence, love, emotions, desire, hopes, and so on. I now want to expand the story with a forum where anyone -you for example, could ask their own existential questions and have them answered by one animal of their choice, on top of the dialogues that I will keep posting on a regular basis.

wants to be a place where wood and linoleum printmakers and photographers from all over the world show side by side and increase the visibility of each by advertising the site for all, in the spirit of Open Studios. There is also a forum open to show opportunities.

This site is a work in progress right now, as I have not advertised it a lot, but you are welcome to upload your images if you are a printmaker or photographer, or post on the forum (tell your friends about the site, too).

Upcoming showsFridays, Sept 12 & 26, Oct 10, Boston, MA: I'll be again in downtown Boston for some Summer Street market events, at125 Summer Street Plaza, next to South Station, from 11am to 6pm. Sat, Sept 20, Medford, MA: I'll be at the River's Edge Art show from 11am to 3 pm, and it is 200 River's Drive in Medford

Saturday & Sunday, Oct 4 & 5, Lowell, MA: As every year, I’ll be part of Lowell Open Studios, and I’ll be in the ALL gallery, 307 Market St, from 11am to 5 pm, both days.

Saturday & Sunday, Oct 18 & 19, Arlington, MA: As every year, I’ll also be part of Arlington Open Studios, and I’ll be on the 2nd floor of the ACA, 41 Foster St, from noon to 5 pm, both days.

Saturday & Sunday, Nov 8 & 9, Allston, MA: As every year again, I’ll be part of Allston Open Studios, and I’ll be in the entrance of the 3nd floor (a place I now favor) at 119 Braintree St, from noon to 6 pm, both days.

Saturday & Sunday, Nov 15 & 16, Cambridge, MA: I’ll be represented in a group show called the 8th Trunk Show Sale in a private house at 95 Allston St in Cambridgeport, from 10am to 6pm on Sat, 10 am to 5 pm on Sun.

Saturday & Sunday, Oct 22 & 23, Somerville, MA: I’ll be showing at the Brickbottom Artists Association Open Studios, and I’ll be on the 3nd floor, studio 302(I think, I never remember), 1 Fitchburg St, from noon to 6 pm, both days.

Saturday, December 6, Cambridge, MA: I'll be at the International School of Boston, 45 Matignon road, from 10am to 4 pm, for the annual Holiday Boutique

January 2015, Winchester, MA: I'll have a show at the public library

Infos Hello all,

It is July, I am writing this newsletter now as I know I will not have a reliable internet connection in August, yet I am not really in the mood to talk a lot about my work at this time-I am outside, it is sunny, I just got out of the hammock, so you cannot expect a lot, and it will be short! It is just to remind you I am around, basically, and that I will show my work again in and around Boston starting Sept 12.

I hope to see you this fall,

A bientôt,

Dominique New prints The prints I said were not done last time are now completed, and here is one. To see all of them however, you will have to come during a show, or wait for my new site to be up and running. After hesitating for years because it is a big endeavor, I finally decided to redo it to integrate Paypal buttons and put again together what was slowly spreading into three different places. These new prints will have their own page, but it is not finished yet. Check www.lecomtedominique.com regularly, one day everything will be on, that’s all I can say right now! You will then be able to order all my prints, photos, cards and books in the comfort of your home, is it not wonderful, and worth the wait? The Red, Green, & Blue story Red and Green have still some trouble defining their relationship. Will they finally manage to talk to each other easily? Will they go out together? Find out by reading their story (now nearly half published) every Thursdays on redgreenandblue.weebly.com or redgreenandbluestory.tumblr.com, and listen to their tunes -somewhat related to the previous episode, every Tuesdays.

Fridays, May 2, & June 6, Boston, MA: I'll be in downtown Boston for some of the Summer Street market events, in a new location at 125 Summer Street Plaza, next to the South Station, from 11am to 6 pm.

Sunday, June 1st, Boston, MA: I'll be somewhere on Beacon Hill during the Beacon Hill Art Walk from 12 to 5 pm. A map of the locations will be available the day of the walk, or one week before on their site.

Saturday, June 14, Beverly, MA: I'll be in downtown Beverly during the Arts Fest from 10 am to 4 pm.

Sunday, June 15, North Andover, MA: I'll be at the Printing Art Fair, Museum of Printing, 800 Mass, Ave, from 10 am to 4 pm.

Some Saturdays in July and/or August, Grand Manan Island, NB, Canada: I'll show island related prints and photos at the Farmer's market, from 10am to noon, in North Head, when I am on the island (these works will also be on display at the Pettes Cove Art Gallery on Pettes Cove Rd)

+ more shows in Sept-Dec, details in the next newsletter.

More infoDear all,As I was looking at the newsletter I sent in August 2013, I thought that except for the "Upcoming shows" section, I could keep a lot of what I had written at the time, and just update the info.

It does not mean I have not done anything these past four months. On the contrary, I have been very busy finishing what was still in progress last year, and creating new images. So busy in fact that I will start the season with half the prints I had planned to do, the other half still drying and waiting for the final touches of color to be applied. Like some of the cards I did, they are babies related this year, images of toys and cuddly toys (one card is below on the right).

I now have at least four different sites where I post my works, but the main one, lecomtedominique.com, will redirect you were you want to go, so that's the only link I'll provide here (the others are below)

As usual at that time, I am eager to have a chance to show you all I have done lately, so have a look at where I'll be these upcoming weeks, and see you there.

In the meantime, have a good day,

Dominique New photos & fotoprintsThe photo above is just one of about 30 new images I'll have on display. It is a photo called "tartelettes" that I took this summer in an open-air market in Nancy. I choose it to get you hungry for more! Here is the link to see all of them.Book IVI 2The 1st English edition is about half sold-out thanks to your support. You can order copies of it here. The ebooks in French and English are still a work in progress, but they are out of my hands as I am not the one in charge of formatting them for tablet viewing! The Red, Green, & Blue storyAfter about one year of work to lay out the 52 episodes and have a sense of how the different characters will look, the story is now online since the end of February.

Fridays, September 6 & 13, October 11, Boston, MA: I'll be again on Summer Street between Macy's and what was Filenes, from 11am to 6pm, for some more of the Fridays Art Markets in downtown Boston.

Sunday, September 29, Hyde Park, MA: I'll be at 1391 Hyde Park Ave for Hyde Park Open Studios, 11am-5pm Saturday & Sunday, October 5 & 6, Lowell, MA: It is Lowell Open Studios from 11am to 5pm and I'll be there, even though I am not sure where exactly, more info on my site when the time comes, or on their site.

Saturday and Sunday, October 19 & 20, Arlington, MA: As usual, I 'll be on the second floor, room C2 I think -I can never remember the number but there are two rooms only, so you will eventually find me, for theArlington O.S at Arlington Center for the Arts, 41 Foster Street, from noon to 5pm.

Saturday and Sunday, November 9 & 10, Allston, MA: Here too, I should be at my now usual spot on the 3rd floor, 119 Braintree Street in Allston, for the Allston Open Studios, noon to 6 pm.

Saturday & Sunday, November 23 & 24, Somerville, MA: Human beings are creatures of habits, so I'll be happy to be back at my usual place as Patrick, my host, is kind enough to let me use his place again, a studio on the 3rd floor whose number I always forget, for the Brickbottom Open Studios, 1 Fitchburg St, noon to 6 pm. Saturday, December 7, Cambridge, MA: Holiday Boutique at the International School of Boston, 45 Matignon Rd, from 10am to 4 pm in the gymnasium (entrance at the parking lot near the church)+ shows in December, not confirmed yet: in Medford, with David Harris and friends for our annual Home show. I'll send you invitation for these two events when and If I know more about them.

Newsletter

Sitting on a bench in a garden somewhere in France, I am thinking about the upcoming shows I have to tell you about, yet I rather explore the country and sample the food -and the wines, so it will be a short newsletter and I am sure you will understand why!

I hope to see you this fall however, but if you cannot come, you can always go to my site to see what I am up to. I will update the list of venues as soon as there is a new one scheduled.In the meantime, have a good day,

Dominique

BookYes, it is finally done! In English, in French, everything has been translated, corrected, proof-read (thanks Dana, Hannah, Peggy, Sara, and Sarah), only the printing is still to come. I did not want to do it this summer when I was not home to receive the shipment, so the book in its English version will be available sometime during the fall. You have its cover here as a preview. The French version will be available as an ebook, but I am not in charge of this part of the work, Olivier is, so I do not know when it will be done. I'll post the links to Amazon, Nook and ITunes on my website as soon as they are available.

Work in progressI started experimenting with the idea of cartoons a few months ago when I downloaded an app allowing free hand drawing on my tablet, but I was not convinced by my first results, even though I liked the idea. In fact, I used to draw and paint figures when I was in France, so it is nothing new in itself, but this time, I wanted these figures to talk. I reworked the drawings after a while, sought advice for the layout and the texts (thanks Mohammed and Dana), but stopped again as I did not know how to proceed further. Now I think I know, but nothing is sure yet as it takes time for an idea to reach fruition. If it becomes a book, it will be called "Red, Green and Blue" and it will consist of cartoons, poems and photos illustrating or complementing a love story. To be continued.

Saturday, May 4, Somerville: I'll be at the Burren in Davis Square, 247 Elm Street, during the Somerville Open Studios, and it will be from noon to 6 pm (I will not be there on Sunday)

Saturday & Sunday, May 18 & 19, Cambridge: It is Cambridge Open Studios, East/Central, from noon to 6pm, and I'll be at 1000 Mass Ave, on the Cambridge College campus.

Fridays, May 24 & 31th, June 7, Boston: I'll be on Summer St between Macy's and what was Filenes, from 11am to 6pm, for some of the Fridays Art Markets in downtown Boston. It is a long day, I am under a tent so it is always a challenge with the weather, but I like looking at the street life, and I do make some sales in between long periods of disappointment!

Sunday, June 2nd, Boston: I'll be somewhere on Beacon Hill for the Beacon Hill Art Walk, 11am to 6pm, and a map will be provided at some key location on the day of the event (it will also be accessible on their website, and I will post it on my website)

Saturday, June 15, Beverly: I'll be at the Art Fest, 10 am to 4pm, and it will be my first time there, on Cabot Street under a tent.

Sunday, June 16, North Andover: I'll be at the Museum of printing, 800 Mass Ave, from 10am to 4pm, during their annual printing art fair.

Saturdays in July, Grand Manan Island, NB, Canada: I'll show island related prints andphotos during the Saturday Farmer's market, 10am-noon, in North Head (these works are also on sale at Pettes Cove Art Gallery on Pettes Cove Road)

It looks like winter went very fast, here I am again writing a newsletter for upcoming shows when I have not finished yet all I had planned to do during the normally slow January-March months. I guess I had put too much on my plate!

My main task was to finish my new book and it is nearly done, but I need some more weeks before I can send everything to the printer. Writing some more stories, translating them all, waiting for proofreading, and editing are slow process, especially when you add the creation of new prints (one is shown on the right, I tried my hand on 1.5x1.5" image size prints, I like the result, yet I think it is the smallest I will go), a series of cartoons I am not sure yet I want to show, the selection of new photos, and the reprinting of older images.

I had other activities too, and below are some info about them.

I hope to see you at one place or another during my upcoming shows, but if you cannot come, you can always go to my site to see what I am up to.

Best,

Dominique

F.Y.I.

In December, some friends of mine asked me if I would make original fotoprints for them, based on photos of their home I would take. I liked the experience a lot, and you can see one image I did for them here, the others are on this site. If you would like me to do the same for your home, do not hesitate to contact me :)

Otherwise, I had an unexpected very good day at the Cambridge farmer market in January, it was a new venue and I was not sure it would be a good one, it looks like I was mistaken. I also exhibited three prints in a group show at the Lexington library, and I sold one. Last but not least, 13Forest gallery in Arlington sold some of my works and asked for more, so it was a good beginning of the year for once.

On a somber note however, the Old Print Barn in Meredith, NH, does not represent me anymore: the owner told me it would be wise to get my prints back as she does not know how long she will be able to keep the gallery open.

France

I was in France for a few days at the end of 2012, and I decided I should go and see my childhood hometown. My idea was that I had to remind myself of where I was coming from if I wanted to know where I was going to, but it proved an exercise in futility. The weather was awful, the only rays of sun appeared at sunset, and all the places I remembered fondly had been transformed in one way or another. I took some pictures, then I left, you can see here some of the work I created when I came back.Moral of the story: when the past has disappeared, build for the future. It was not a bad experience however, just one I did not expect to turn out that way.